Thanh Hoa (VNA) – 🎃Prime Minister Pham Minh Chinh urged the north-central province of Thanh Hoa to transform itself into a critical growth engine of the nation while paying a working trip to the locality on January 26.

Delivering Tet greetings to the provincial Party organisation, armed forces, and people, PM Chinh expressed his delight over the remarkable achievements that Thanh Hoa has carved out over the recent past, including double-digit economic growth, robust budget collection, sound social welfare, and solidarity strengthened within the Party, political system and locals. He laid stress on the province’s unique geographical advantages with mountainous, plain and coastal areas, along with its large population and rich traditions, calling on Thanh Hoa to capitalise its potential and those diverse characteristics for development. Besides, it should pay due heed to improving the material and spiritual lives for local residents, particularly policy beneficiary families, poor households, and workers staying on construction sites during the Tet (Lunar New Year) holiday. Highlighting 2025 as a pivotal year with important missions, including apparatus rearrangement, a national economic growth target of 8%, preparation for the 14th National Party Congress, and major celebrations, PM Chinh ordered Thanh Hoa province to complete its assignments to enter the new era – that of the nation’s rise, with prosperity and happiness for its people. Specifically, the Government leader urged Thanh Hoa to renew traditional growth motives and develop new ones, particularly the expansion of the Nghi Son economic zone and other economic areas of Sam Son, Bim Son and Lam Son. Focus should also be placed on the elimination of temporary and dilapidated houses by the end of 2025 as well as housing development for low-income earners. He expressed his confidence that the local Party organisation, administration, whole political system, armed forces and people will promote solidarity and take drastic actions to fulfill the tasks for 2025 with results better than last year's. On the occasion, PM Chinh visited and presented Tet gifts to policy beneficiary families, impoverished households, and workers in Ngoc Lac district. Provincial officials reported extensive preparations for the Tet holiday, with support measures implemented for vulnerable groups. More than 375 billion VND (14.9 million USD) in cash and in kind has been given to needy families. Meanwhile, over 282 billion VND has been mobilised so far to repair and build about 4,200 new houses for the impoverished./.